FCO:
White Night Rome - When the Eternal City Forgets to Sleep

At 2:37 AM on Via Margutta, I found myself debating Neoclassical architecture with a retired Swiss banker while sharing a porchetta panino with a street artist dressed as Marcus Aurelius. This is La Notte Bianca - Rome's annual all-nighter where even the statues seem to come alive.

The 2025 edition breaks all records:

• The Capitoline Museums stay open until dawn with live jazz in the Hall of Emperors
• A "Fountain of Wine" installation at Trevi (don't worry, it's cheap Montepulciano)
• The MAXXI modern art museum hosts a silent disco in Zaha Hadid's swirling staircases

But the real magic happens in unexpected corners:

• A pop-up poetry brothel in a Baroque confessional booth near Piazza Navona
• The 24-hour "Sistine Chapel Speed Dating" event (when the Vatican loaned Michelangelo's drawings to the Palazzo Venezia)
• Nighttime gladiator training sessions at the Baths of Diocletian

Survive the Night in Style
PrestigeFly (www.prestigefly.com) offers "White Night Survival Kits" with business class flights on American's Chicago-Rome route and VIP access to private after-parties in Renaissance palazzos. Our concierge can even arrange a sunrise breakfast with the Swiss Guards.